Eye-shade.



R. H. BACON.

' EYE SHADE. APPLlCMIlON FILED JULY 17. $916.

l m fiwu Patented Jan.'23, 1917.

ROBERT H. BACON, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

EYE-SHADE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 23, 1917.

Application filed July 17, 1916. Serial No. 109,768.

-vide an eye-shade which may be easily and quickly folded into a small compass so as to be readily slipped into an envelop or case of suitable size for carrying in the vest pocket.

A further object of the invention is to provide an eye-shade which is collapsible so that when not in use it may be reduced to a small bulk and put into a drawer or.

pigeon hole and which also will not be liable to injury when heavy objects are laid upon it.

To this end the device consists, generally speaking, of a plurality of flat sections or plates of stifi material laid side by side in the same plane the edges being united by narrow strips of a tough, pliable material, securely fastened, glued or cemented to the plates, which strips act as hinges and allow the several sections to be folded together.

The sections may be composed of transparent or opaque sheet celluloid or cardboard or any other suitable material and the hinge strips of thin leather, cloth or other pliable material.

The device is equipped with an elastic cord or band or non elastic cords or strings or a strap of any desired kind to be used to retain it in place on the head, said cord, band or string being permanently fastened to the last sections at its ends or being arranged so as to be easily detached at one end.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention.

Figure 1 is a plan of the eye-shade complete, laid fiat. Fig. 2 is a side view of. the eye-shade when folded up.

The numerals l to 8 inclusive indicate the several sections of stiff sheet material, which in the case illustrated are eight in number.

The whole device is symmetrical about the line A-A, the respective pairs of sections numbered 1 and 8, 2 and 7, 3 and 6, 4 and 5 being identical in size and shape.

9 indicates division lines of adjacent edges of sections and 10 the pliable hinge strips which, as shown by Fig. 1 are arranged alternately on opposite sides of the eye-shade to facilitate folding, the hinges being always folded in between the sections or plates which are thus more readily made to lie close together in a thin pack.

11 is the elastic cord, passed through a hole in section 1 and knotted at 12.

13 is a hole through section 8 with a slit or cut, 14,'extending therefrom to the edge of the section, said slit being of the form illustrated which will allow the cord 11 to be slipped into place below the knot 15- before the eye-shade is put on, will hold the end of the cord securely while the eye-shade is being worn and will admit of the end of the cord being instantly unfastened from section 8 when it is desired to fold the eyeshade up. The slit 14 however may be omitted and both ends of the cord fastened as shown at 12 without impairing the utility of the device.

My invention is not intended to perform the functions of goggles or other shields used to protect the eyes from dust, wind, heat or the like but to furnish a form of the ordinary crescent shaped eye-shade familiar to all clerks and draftsmen, which will be extremely simple in construction, avoiding the use of complicated frames, lenses, forms, ribs, bows or metal parts of any kind and yet capable of being easily and quickly folded up for putting in the pocket.

I do not confine myself to the particular means herein shown for attaching the head strap or cord to the body of the shade. I do not confinemyself to any of the particular materials mentioned in the above description, any materials suitable for the purpose may be used.

In the foregoing description I have shown the preferred form of my invention but I do not limit myself thereto as I am aware that modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages thereof and I therefore reserve the right to make such changes as fairly fall folded into a compact pack, the joints between said sections being formed of pliable hinge strips each of Which is cemented to two adjacent sections, said hinge strips being arranged alternately on opposite sides of the shade, and means for holding the shade on the head oithe-wearer. i

4. An eye-shade composed of a plurality of flat sectionstjoined together by pliable hinge strips arranged alternately on opposite sides of the shade, alternate joints being foldable in one direction and the intermediate joints' foldable in the opposite direction whereby, when the shade is folded up,

the edges of the sections at alternate joints will fall into line thus forming a compact pack, the exterior outline of which, is the same as that of the tWo largest sections.

ROBERT H. BACON.

Witnesses:

J. GREGG LAYNE, L. W. ARMSTRONG. 

